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Cloudberry Country


Cloudberry Country
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Copyright: Pablo Minto (pablominto) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3666 W: 189 N: 4225] (15578)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-27
Categories: Mountain
Camera: Nikon D50, HOYA 52 mm PL-CIR
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-08-19 10:53
Viewed: 772
Points: 102
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The landscape we see here is a typical habitat for the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), which is a slow-growing alpine or sub-arctic species of Rubus, producing amber-colored edible fruit.

Despite its modern demand as a delicacy exceeding supply (particularly in Norway) the cloudberry is principally a wild plant. Wholesale prices vary widely based on the size of the yearly harvest.

In Nordic countries traditionally liquers such as Lakkalikööri are made of cloudberry. It has a strong taste and a high sugar content. Cloudberry has also served as a spice for aquavit. Most of the berries however are made into jams, juices, and tarts.

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I have added a closer view of the lake in the background as workshop!

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Ola Pablo! Amazing landscape. Delicious colors. Wonderful background. Very nice picture. Cheers!

Hello Pablo,
thank you for showing us this beatiful landscape of Cloudberry country!
Very good clarity, well saturated colour and details
Good DOF, POV too!
thanks for sharing and well seen
cheers
Tony

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2341] (8407)
  • [2007-08-19 11:26]

Hi Pablo,
A really nice window to your landscapes, full of quietness and and beauty.
TFS, José M.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2225 W: 10 N: 6273] (23568)
  • [2007-08-19 11:35]

Hello Pablo. A very colourful landscape. my eyes are taken down to the blue of the water in the distance. a very nice compostion .with good detail in the trees. a nice POV. well done TFs
Nick
Have a good week to come.

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  • Aramok Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 927 W: 103 N: 1420] (4887)
  • [2007-08-19 11:48]

Hi Pablo

I remember the wonderful autumn fruits yoghurts of Scandinavia, and this was the first thing that came to mind with your title.

Great POV and composition and for a little bit more of Norway...

TFS
Emma

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1409 W: 53 N: 1929] (5768)
  • [2007-08-19 13:12]

Hello pablo !
Such a beautiful landscape ! I love the vivid and sunny colors here, particularly this tiny blue spot indicating the presence of water in the BG - it caught my attention immediatly. Composition and POV are splendid, also. Very well done !
Valerie.

Hi Pablo,
Wonderful landscape very rich colors,
Nice POV and composition great shot, TFS. Best regards/Lawhill

Pablo,
What an education my friend.
Had no idea this existed.
Is that "little" lake in this landscape suitable for fishing???
Great photography.
Regards from Canada,
Mario.

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 108 N: 1730] (5406)
  • [2007-08-19 18:25]

Wonderful posting of the wild country! I love the crisp details and the gentle realistic colours as well as your composition.
Great notes
TFS
silke

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  • mlines Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 526 W: 17 N: 571] (2652)
  • [2007-08-19 20:29]

Hi Pablo, Interesting scenery and notes. I had not heard of this sort of fruit before. Good clarity and colours. TFS. Murray.

hello pablo,
lovely landscape shot, beautiful colours, nice pov, well composed shot with good framing,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 0 N: 5286] (15770)
  • [2007-08-19 22:57]

Hi Pablo

Another well thought out composition. It gives a great impression of the habitat and I like the lovely rich colours and light.

James

Hi Pablo,

interesting note, as usual, and nice image, as usual too.
Good colors and light.

Well done!

Gio

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2133 W: 6 N: 2152] (13787)
  • [2007-08-20 1:56]

Hola amigo Pablo,
precioso lugar,
magníficos tonos y pov,
como siempre una presentación magnífica,
saludos amigo.

hello pablo
bravo pour celle-ci aussi, belle profondeur de champ, couleurs nettes et agréables, bon cadrage
merci a toi, amitičs
edith

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2686 W: 173 N: 8314] (26185)
  • [2007-08-20 2:02]

Hello Pablo,
This is a nice follow-on from your last shot!When I see a picture like this I also "hear" the silence of nature - the odd bird sound or maybe the sound of an elk disasppearing in amongst the trees - and I experience a wonderful feeling of peace! Then picking the cloudberries is also such joy and eating them a real feast!!
Sorry I'm rambling on, your capture of this landscape is wonderful, I love it!
Many thanks and regards, Ulla

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1277 W: 0 N: 2342] (9852)
  • [2007-08-20 2:46]

Hello Pablo,
Beautiful natural landscape which must be very nice to cross and look for berries. I can distinguish some lake (?) in the far. It looks like a very preserved area. Nice summer light.
Have a nice day
Anne

Hi Pablo,
A beautiful scenic view of this landscape. Very nicely composed shot with nice warm colors. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Pablo,
Great POV of this countryside covered in cloudberry. Well composed with nice contrast, color, and detail.
I like the lakeshot even more :)
TFS
Howard

Hi Pablo,

A good POV of the cloudberry trees, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

Hi Pablo,
Amazing landscapes. Yes, Rufus sp.'s are used to grow on lands like this, where the trees were cut off from. Although the fruit is delicious, being cloudberrys on the land is meaning the given territory's declined.
Greetings, László

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1030 W: 4 N: 2702] (12410)
  • [2007-08-20 5:30]

Pablo, Lovely landscape beauty and nice colors. Excellent Ganesh

Well, I feel cheated. I've never even heard of a cloudberry! Now I'll have to look for it. This looks like an early autumn scene with the golds and rust colors. I like the focal point in the foreground and the secondary focal point, the water, in the distance. Nice work.

TFS
Evelynn : )

Bonjour Pablo,
Beautiful landscape and great naturel colors, nice quiet place and details, Excellent POV.. well done,
Michel

hello pablo
very good framing of this landscape, the colors are beatiful well done
gilbert

Hi Pablo,
I have never heard of Cloudberry's before, thank you for the information. The image is another glorious one from you. A lovely landscape.
Cheers,
Debbie

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  • rcrick Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 661 W: 42 N: 1259] (4066)
  • [2007-08-20 20:31]

Hi Pablo, What an outstanding landscape & superbly captured, excellent detail from the foreground to the background, stunning colours, a real feast for the eyes, my only thought would a ND gradual filter help with toneing the sky down a little to bring out the clouds? but all the same loverly shot well done. Cheers Rick.. :)

Hi Pablo
I'll take a dozen tarts :D
I can see fall is in the air when you captured this landscape by the reddish tinge of the grass. A well balanced view with the old tree stump and large evergreen drawing your eye toward the lake in the background. Colours, detail and lighting are great. TFS Janice

a very nice one Pablo,
this is a fantastic county shot, good pov and fine quality, good composition to, wel seen and good photojob.
gr. jaap

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3245 W: 154 N: 4948] (15933)
  • [2007-08-21 4:51]

Hi, dear Pablo.
Once your lovely done, impressive shot of cute Norway place. I can say such words addressing to your WS too. I am amazed with the POV selection. It allows to see beautifulness and richness of the pictured landscape very well. I like also the rich colour palette and impressive darks of the image. DOF and details of the picture are excellent as always. Bravo and TFS. Perfect job.
Alexei.

Hello Pablo,

Sounds like just my sort of place!
I love to make jams but I could also be persuaded to make liquers!

Great POV and composition. Is that a tiny bit of a lake that I can see peeping through the trees? It is a beautiful colour.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Hi dear my friend Pablo;very good pov and good nature view,nice color balance....
Habema.
:-]

I had delicious "alpine" berry juice and jam in Laddakh , India in the Himalayas. I wonder of this is similiar. It was supposed to allow you to have energy, and breath better. I think it worked!

hi pablo,

again very nice colors in here!i often see beautiful landscapes but i can t take them into pictures!you got the sense of taking them and showing them!
superbe!
and of course tfs
caroline

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1817 W: 29 N: 5281] (17302)
  • [2007-08-21 23:13]

Hi Pablo,
Wonderful scene captured with precision. Such lovely details and colour tones here and the setting looks majestic. Excellent POV to portray this charming atmosphere and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2448 W: 63 N: 4088] (13172)
  • [2007-08-22 0:40]

Hi Pablo,
Nice landscape photo with a good POV, composition, exposure control and colors. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

Hello Pablo,
what a beautifull landscape very well composed, superb exposition, great details and wonderfull colors
thanks for sharing,
Pat

Hi Pablo,
My first thought with this photo was...He cut of the tip of the tree!. Then looking more carefully, I find it not bothering at all. It actually helps to focus more on the dead tree stump and the distance view. The patch of blue lake does jump out perfectly.
TFS,
Niek

Hello Pablo very sharp details and nice place, good contrasty light well composed good works tfs rgds Necip.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1517 W: 18 N: 3137] (11548)
  • [2007-08-22 13:23]

Hi Pablo

So this is where they grow! We don't get Cloudberries here but I have had them in Norway. Wonderful composition, I love the colours and the light. Lovely image

TFS

Karan

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  • edal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 383 W: 52 N: 413] (1837)
  • [2007-08-24 0:15]

Hi Pablo!
Cloudberries are something I've never heard about until now.After your thorough explanation I can almost imagine the taste of Lakkalikööri;-)

The landscape is wonderful - especially that hidden small lake among the trees...
I wish you a nice weekend!
Anton

Hi Pablo,

I like this Cloudberry country, it's a lovely landscape and your capture is very good.
Beautiful colours, good light, POV and details.
And with the treetrunk in the foreground it gives a nice sence of depth. Beautiful image, thanks for sharing!

Greetings, Nel

Hello Pablo,
here it is called ROVO ARTICO (artic bramble), it must taste exquisite, it is ever so when a tradition use a fruit so much. Our equivalent is the raspberry, and it is very good in the same ways...
A beautiful wild spot, and the lake too. A wonderful country.
Wishes,
Violetta

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4964 W: 298 N: 4027] (13131)
  • [2007-08-26 22:47]

Hello Pablo,
Very nice landscape.I liked low level POV,large DOF,framing and lighting a lot.Excellent work!
TFS..:-)

Hello Pablo,
It is a nice composition.
Beautiful landscape.
Well done
TFS
Annick

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 660 W: 0 N: 178] (626)
  • [2007-08-31 8:15]

Hello Pablo,

A very colourful landscape, maybe a little bit sadly but interesting for looking.
Very well done.

Best regards,
John.

hi friend,
the old tree is very good....the colours, perspective, light are excellent! Take care Ana:)

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2007-09-04 17:45]

Hi Pablo,
great shot of this natural environment. A lot of great textures and wonderful colors makes this very interesting.
POV, scenery and composition look great.
TFs..Sky

Hi pablo great capture
very nice landscape and nice colours
I like the pov
Tfs TOba

Hello Pablo,

I know your excellent job on TL and here is the same thing: excellent jobs!
Congratulations!
TFS
Sergio

Ciao Pablo,
bellissimo paesaggio in cui la natura sembra poter fare il proprio corso senza troppa interferenza da parte dell'uomo: piante che esuriscono la loro vita e nuove piante che crescono, ottima nitidezza, magnifici i colori e la luminositŕ.
TFS.
Maurizio

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